TYPES OF LOVE OF THE SOUL
Brother & Sister
Natural matter; doesn’t stop
Soul’s own connection to HaShem
עבודת הנשמה
Husband & Wife
Longing of the Soul
Transformation of the Body
“become one flesh” יחוד
עבודת הגוף
AVROHOM PREPARES FOR THE BAIS HAMIKDASH
1st Altar (1st Bais HaMikdash)
Providing sustenance
Shelamim
Eating of the korban
Service of Torah & Mitzvos feeds the soul
2nd Altar (2nd Bais HaMikdash)
Atonement Chatos
Sprinkling of the blood
Service of Teshuvah
3rd Altar (3rd Bais HaMikdash)
No ulterior motive
Olah
Revelation of the Divine Presence
Mesiras Nefesh
Differing Sources of the Law That An On-Time Milah Overrides Shabbos
Condition in the laws of Shabbos
זו מילה שמותר לעשות בשבת
ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת לדורותם ברית עולם
Permission from the laws of Milah
ביום אפילו בשבת
ביום השמיני ימול
Prior to Torah & higher than its limits; connection to the essence; (בעצם היום ) Shabbos and Yom Kippur
גזירה שוה לשבת
לאות ברית (יז, יא)
לדורותיכם (יז, יב)
G-d’s Promises Regarding Eretz Yisrael
“I will give” (יב, ז)
Future tense
Not connected to Avrohom
Gift (from G-d)
Conquest by Yehoshua
Conveyed sanctity through ownership rights; when ownership finished so did sanctity
“I have given” (טו, יח)
Past tense
Connected to Avrohom
Inheritance/Chazaka
Avrohom walked the land
Acquisition by Ezra (chazaka)
Sanctity acquired and conferred forever
Inner Dimension
Gift
Level of Tzadik
From Above down
Conquering without facing real opposition (from the world)
Inheritance
Level of Baal Teshuvah
From below to Above
Engaging and purifying the world
